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WINES ISLESFORD DOCK RESTAURANT & GALLERY WINES BY THE GLASS & CARAFE WHITES REDS Sauvignon Blanc Elki - Chile $9.95 / 39 Pinot Noir Pacific Standard - CA $10.95 / 42 Pinot Grigio Gazzarra - Italy $9.95 / 39 Malbec El Rede - Mendoza, Argentina $9.95 / 39 Moschofilero Anassa - Greece $9.95 / 39 Cab Franc Empire Builder - NY $10.95 / 42 Muscadet Quinet - Muscadet, France $9.95 / 39 Tempranillo Katas - Rioja Spain $9.95 / 39 Chardonnay - Macon-Villages $10.95 / 42 Cab Sauv Blend Truth or Consequences WA $9.95 / 39 ROSE Bieler, “Sabine” - Cotes de Provence, France $9.95 / 39 Wines in a keg??? Yes indeed. Our friend Charles Bieler formed Gotham Wine Project to put the best wine from around the world into reusable kegs. These keg wines are the ultimate in eco-friendly (a reusable metal keg eliminates the cost of glass, corks, foils and boxes creating no new waste) and the lack of content with oxygen will ensure these wines stay fresh for months. Best of all, the Gotham Wine Project makes fantastic wines as we hope you will agree. 15 GREAT WINES FROM OUR LIST WHITES Chenin Blanc Pine Ridge - Napa 2014 $29 Chenin Blanc should be the next grape thing - fresh, crisp, dry - another great paella wine. Riesling - Estate Zilliken, “Butterfly”, Mosel, Germany 2014 $35 Don't think sweet - think perfectly balanced, think peaches, think crisp & dry. Gruner Veltliner Aichenberg - Niederosterreich, Austria 2014 $39 The wine geeks darling. Why? Because it has great flavor and goes great with food. Albarino La Cana - Rias Baixas, Spain 2015 $45 From coastal Spain - what’s that mean: crisp, dry, bracing, great with seafood, particularly shellfish. Sauvignon Blanc Vie di Romans, “Piere Sauvignon” - Friuli Isonzo, Italy 2013 (Tre Bicchieri) $59 Italy for Sauv Blanc? For sure, one of the best we have ever tasted. REDS Pinot Noir Etude, “Lyric” - California 2014 $45 One of the great Pinot producers in the US - a great bridge for meat and seafood Zweigelt Blend Meinklang - Burgenland, Austria 2015 $45 Pinot like in many ways, a lighter bodied, elegant red wine Barbaresco Produttori - Piedmont, Italy 2012 $69 From a co-op in the Piedmont - another great meat/seafood match Valpolicella Nicolis - Veneto, Italy 2014 $45 Rich but medium bodied, and dry Montepulciano Cataldi Madonna - Tuscany, Italy 2014 $45 Medium bodied, cherries, earthy and traditional Cabernet Honig - Napa, California 2014 $69 There is no real reason why great Napa Cab should all be $100+ - this proves it - fantastic wine HALF BOTTLES - WHITES & A ROSE glass bottle Chardonnay Alexander Valley California 2015 $19 Chablis Dom. Dampt Burgundy, France 2015 $29 Sauvignon Blanc Kenwood California 2015 $19 Pinot Blanc Robert Sinskey Napa, Los Carneros 2012 $39 Rose Whispering Angel Provence, France 2016 $23 HALF BOTTLES - REDS Merlot Kenwood, California 2012 $19 Pinot Noir Chapter 24, The Fire Willamette Valley, Oregon 2013 $69 Rhone Guigal, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, France (90 pts w.a.) 2011 $45 Douro Quinta do Crasto, Reserva, Old Vines Douro, Portugal 2013 $39 Barolo Damilano, “Lecinquevigne” Piedmont, Italy 2011 $39 CHAMPAGNES Veuve Clicquot Brut 375 ml. $59 Billecart-Salmon Brut, Reserve $95 Louis Roederer Brut, "Cristal" 2007 $395 Billecart-Salmon Brut, Rosè 375 ml. $89 CAVAS & OTHER SPARKLERS Masachs, “Mas Fi” Brut Nature, Cava, Spain $7.95 $35 Bluet Wild Blueberry, Extra Brut, Maine 2016 $8.95 $39 Fantastic, very dry sparkler made from organic blueberries in the traditional Methode Champenoise Oyster River, “Morphos” Petillant-Naturel (“Pet-Nat”), Maine 2015 $39 Prosecco Rive della Chiesa, Treviso, Italy 375ml. $18 Moscato d’Asti Maragliano, “La Caliera”, Italy 375ml. $29 Lambrusco L’Onestra, Italy $39 Sea Smoke Brut, Blanc de Noir, “Sea Spray” 2012 $135 MAGNUMS & BIGGER glass bottle WHITES Chardonnay Rombauer - Carneros, Napa, California 2014 1.5 L. $139 Pinot Blanc Robert Sinskey - Carneros, Napa, California 2012 1.5 L. $159 Cava 1 + 1 = 3 - Penedes, Spain NV 1.5 L. $79 Champagne Aubrey - Champagne, France NV 1.5 L. $195 REDS Pinot Noir Cristom, “Mt. Jefferson” - Willamette Valley 2013 1.5 L. $125 Barbaresco Produttori de Barbaresco 2012 1.5 L. $169 Amarone Tommaso Bussola - Veneto, Italy 2010 1.5 L. $225 Zinfandel Blend The Prisoner 2014 1.5 L. $169 Grenache Dom. des Enfants, “L’enfant Perdu” - Roussillon 2012 1.5 L. $195 Dom. des Enfants, “L’enfant Perdu” - Roussillon 2013 5 L. $495 Cabernet Shafer, “Hillside Select” - Napa 2012 1.5 L. $1,195 PORT, SHERRY & MADEIRA Madeira Broadbent - 5 Year Old Reserve NV $8 $45 Ruby Port Graham’s 6 Grape NV $7 $35 Tawny Port Ferreira 20 Year Old Tawny NV $15 $98 WHITE WINES FRANCE - BURGUNDY glass bottle (100% Chardonnay) Macon-Villages Domaine Laurent Dufouleur 2015 $10.95 $42 Bourgogne Blanc Thierry & Pascal Matrot 2015 $39 Chablis La Chablisienne - 1er Cru Fourchaume 2015 $69 Pouilly-Fuisse Louis Jadot 2016 $45 Puligny Montrachet Vincent Girardin, Vieilles Vignes 2013 $95 Earl Roger Belland - ler Cru Les Champs-Gains 2014 $189 Chassagne Montrachet D. Jean Marc Pillot - Les Chaumes 2010 $149 Meursault Vincent Bachelet - Le Clos du Cromin 2012 $129 ALSACE Riesling Trimbach - Alsace 2013 $49 LOIRE (Sauvignon Blanc in Sancerre & Pouilly Fume, Chenin Blanc in Vouvray and Savennieres) Sancerre Domaine Blondeau 2017 $39 Vincent Delaporte 2017 $59 Henri Bourgeois, “La Chappelle des Augustins” 2015 $69 Vouvray J. C. Pichot, Domaine Morriette 2015 $29 Muscadet Quinet 2015 $9.95 $39 RHONE (Marsanne, Rousanne, Viognier, etc.) Cotes du Rhone Guigal 2015 $45 Chateauneuf-du-Pape Chateau Beaucastel (95 pts. w.a. Biodynamic) 2014 $169 BORDEAUX (Sauvignon Blanc & Semillon Blanc) Graves Chateau Magneau 2015 $39 WHITE WINES PORTUGAL glass bottle Vinho Verde Arca Nova - Portugal 2015 $23 SPAIN Albarino La Cana - Rias Baixas 2015 $45 Godello Rafael Palacios, “Bolo” - Valdeorras 2015 $39 (“Excellent depth and balance, excellent value” 90 pts. i.w.c.) Verdejo Bodegas Naia - “Naia” - Rueda 2014 $39 Txakolina Ameztoi - Getariako Txakolina 2015 $35 ITALY & GREECE Pinot Grigio Gazerra - Sicily 2016 $9.95 $39 Santa Margherita - Veneto 2015 $52 Greco di Tufo Terredora di Paolo - Campania 2015 $45 Sauvignon Blanc Vie di Romans, “Piere Sauvignon” - Friuli Isonzo 2014 (Tre Bicchieri) $59 Sylvaner Abbazia di Novacella - Valle d’Isarco, Alto Adige 2015 $39 Albanello/Zibibo Occhipinti, “SP 68” - Sicily 2015 $39 Assyrtiko Sigalas - Santorini, Greece 2016 $39 Moschofilero Anassa - Peloponesse, Greece 2016 $9.95 $39 WHITE WINES glass bottle NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, & CHILE Marsanne/Viognier D’Arenberg, “Hermit Crab” - McLaren Vale, Aus. 2015 $42 Sauvignon Blanc Elki - Elqui Valley, Chile 2015 $9.95 $39 Kim Crawford - Marlborough, New Zealand (91 pts ws) 2016 $39 GERMANY Mosel-Saar-Ruwer Riesling - Estate Zilliken, “Butterfly”, Mosel 2014 $35 Nahe Riesling - Kabinett Donnhoff, Kreuznacher Krotenpful 2014 $65 May as well be Germany Sylvaner - Trocken Abbazia di Novacella - Alto Adige, Italy 2014 $39 AUSTRIA Gruner Veltliner Aichenberg - Niederosterreich 2017 $35 WHITE WINES UNITED STATES MAINE Chardonnay Breakwater - Maine 2014 $29 CALIFORNIA Chardonnay Alexander Valley - California 2015 375 ml. $19 Landmark, “Overlook” - Sonoma 2016 $49 Patz & Hall - Dutton Ranch, Russian River Valley 2015 $69 Grgich - Napa (Organic & Biodynamic) 2013 $85 Rombauer - Carneros 2012 $89 Flowers, Camp Meeting Ridge - Sonoma Coast 2013 $195 Sauvignon Blanc Kenwood - Sonoma 2015 375 ml. $19 Honig - Napa 2015 $45 Merry Edwards - Napa 2013 $79 Rhone Blend Tablas Creek, “Patelin” - Central Coast 2015 $49 Chenin Blanc Pine Ridge - Napa (90 pts., WA) 2016 $29 Pinot Blanc Robert Sinskey - Napa, Los Carneros, California 2012 375 ml. $39 Robert Sinskey - Napa, Los Carneros, California 2012 1.5 L. $159 Gewurtztraminer Teutonic - Crow Valley Vineyard, Willamette 2015 $55 ROSE WINES Chateau d’Esclans, “Whispering Angel” - Provence 2016 375 ml. $23 Bieler, “Sabine” - Provence 2017 $9.95 $39 Chateau d’Esclans, “Whispering Angel” - Provence 2017 $45 Chateau Miraval, Cotes du Provence 2017 $59 (Yes, Brad + Angelina’s wine. 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FRANCE BORDEAUX ~ LEFT BANK Mostly Cabernet Dominant Wines Saint Estephe Chateau Graves de Pez 2010 $75 Margaux Chateau Kirwin 2014 $159 BORDEAUX ~ RIGHT BANK Mostly Merlot Dominant Wines Saint Emilion Chateau Moulin de Lagnet, Grand Cru 2014 $69 Lalande-de-Pomerol Chateau Le Pavillon Saint Jacques 2014 $45 BURGUNDY Hautes-Cotes de Nuits - Closerie des Alisiers 2014 $35 Mercurey, Vieilles Vignes - Francois Raquillet 2014 $75 Chassagne-Montrachet, 1er Cru Morgeot-Clos Pitois Earl Roger Belland 2013 $95 Nuits Saints-George, 1er Cru, Saint George - Dom. Faiveley 2014 $225 Corton, Grand Cru, Clos des Cortons - Dom. 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    2019 RESERVE APPELLATION: Texas High Plains AVA VINEYARDS: Reddy Vineyards – Block 23, 24 VIOGNIER / VARIETAL(S): 75% Viognier; 25% Marsanne MARSANNE VINTAGE: 2019 ALCOHOL: 14% CASES PRODUCED: 100 Cases WINEMAKERS NOTES A blockbuster vintage for white and rosé varietals, 2019 brought near perfect weather conditions throughout the growing season and long into harvest. Favorable springtime conditions allowed the vines to complete budbreak and fruit set without experiencing any adverse weather. Moderate summer temperatures allowed for a long and slow maturation of grapes and produced fruit that was both complex and balanced. For this micro-production Reserve blend we selected the best four barrels from our cellar. This wine was aged in 50% new premium French oak barrels to add depth and creaminess to the wine. The barrels also imparted a pleasing spicy characteristic into the wine. No malolactic fermentation was done so that we could maintain the freshness of the fruit. This exquisite blend represents the pinnacle of Texas white Rhône blends. TASTING NOTES This micro-production blend of Viognier and Marsanne is our premier expression of the 2019 white grape harvest. On the nose this wine presents notes of citrus, white flowers and ripe pear. It evolves on the palate with layered flavors of yellow apple, Bartlett pear, citrus, cream, spice and oak. Rich and round with a long finish, this wine is the complete sensory package. THE VINEYARDS & PHILOSOPHY At Reddy Vineyards, we strive to provide the highest quality grapes to be enjoyed as your family’s favorite wine. Situated in the heart of the Texas High Plains AVA (American Viticultural Area), our vineyards are blessed to possess a rare combination of factors ideal for growing premium grapes.
  • Lambrusco Stages a Comeback

    Lambrusco Stages a Comeback

    WINE STYLES LAMBRUSCO LAMBRUSCO STAGES A COMEBACK Once a sweet industrial wine, Lambrusco is returning to its heritage. Michèle Shah explains what’s going on. 5/18 MEININGER’S WBI 5/18 MEININGER’S ambrusco, the frizzante red wine from to go international and sweet, which appealed but we need producers across Italy, is back on the fast track after and still appeals to many international the board to re-style their L years in the wilderness. Driven by its emerging markets. The Charmat (tank packaging, giving added value to pleasurable appeal, this fresh, fruity bubbly fermentation) method made it even easier the product. In order to recreate wine – low in alcohol, with an excellent price- to produce Lambrusco on an industrial an image of quality we need all quality ratio – is one of Italy’s top sellers. scale, compared to the traditional Ancestrale players to be sensitive to all “Today’s Lambrusco has little to do with the method, where the wine is re-fermented aspects of production, aiming sickly, sweet fizz that dominated the market in bottle. Today, there are various levels of at a universal expression of in the 1970s and ’80s,” says Alberto Medici, dryness and sweetness available from dry quality.” CEO of Medici Ermete & Figli. He says that in (secco) to off-dry (amabile) to sweet (dolce). According to Ermi recent decades, the market has included more Sweet Lambrusco – the amabile and dolce Bagni, director of high quality Lambrusco in a range of different styles – became extremely popular in the the marketing body styles. And as Lambrusco revamps its image, US in the late 1970s, turning it into a hugely Consorzio Marchio Storico there is a new generation of Millennials and profitable industrial product which set the Lambruschi Modenesi, it Generation X drinkers reaching for a glass.